Sponsorship thread

We don't allow individual 'sponsor me' threads, but as an experiment, here's a thread where you can make a one-post pitch for sponsorship from your fellow RW website readers, if you're running for charity.

It needn't be for the London Marathon: this is just a handy folder for it.

Two rules:

1. One post only per sponsor-hunter. No boings, thank yous, reminders, afterthoughts, or all your posts get deleted.

2. Potential sponsors: Please don't start conversations on this thread - it's intended to be a kind of directory.

Sponsor-hunters: you might want to tick 'email enabled' above your forum message box when you post your thread, so people can ask you questions. And/or set up a Justgiving page where people can sponsor you and you can post updates.

I'll be running FLM in aid of Clatterbridge Centre for Oncology. It's where I had my treatment and it's where Mrs Fat Face was treated. I'll be dedicating my run (on my race number - if and when I get it) to her memory (and yes, Mr Fat Face has agreed).

So.. email me. Hopefully I will talk Clatterbridge into setting up a JustGiving account to make life easier.

I won't be running for charity at all this year so please don't offer to sponsor me. If you could just send me your spare money instead I'd be really grateful, I shall use it to ensure that those fine brewers of Stella Artois are kept away from the dole queue. Rest assured that your money won't be wasted by me, for every £1 that you give £1 will be spent in the Tredegar Arms.

I run for Antara, a psychiatric hospital in Kolkata (Calcutta), India.Antara provides free or subsidised psychiatric and general healthcare to the poorest in and around Kolkata. This is desperately needed as there is very little state provision, and private clinics are not accessible to most of the population. Some in need of psychiatric care are even imprisioned without charge as 'non-criminal lunatics' - Antara helps to treat these and other patients who otherwise would not recieve badly-needed help.

Friends of Antara UK is a UK-based support organisation for Antara. It was founded by returning volunteers, and is 100% volunteer-run, mainly by young people in Yorkshire (I'm a trustee). We have existed for about 3 years, and are applying for registration under the Charity Commision.Friends of Antara UK have raised funds so far for a new tube-well, new mattresses, a wash-house for female patients, and most recently a new inpatient Children's Ward (the only one accessible to most of the population of West Bengal - c. 2 million people).We are currently raising funds for a children's Outpatient Department, and to help extend the free treatment offered by children's services. The need for both is amply demonstrated by the numbers coming to Antara's current outpatient clinics.

We don't have a just-giving account as it isn't cost-effective for a small charity (we also don't buy Golden Bond places, so all your donation will go to help those in India who need it most).

On October 30th I will be plodding my way around the NT Snowdonia Marathon to raise money for Thorpe Hall Hospice.

I am a staff nurse at Thorpe Hall and so I am very aware of how important it is for Thorpe Hall to be able to continue giving vital pain and symptom control, respite and terminal care to those in need in the Peterborough area.

I would really appreciate your support so please sponsor me by visiting my web site :

I'm running the NY Marathon, it’s my first marathon and I've only been running a year. I had a mid-life crisis, so after 40 years of sedentary life style took up running and I'm loving it, its made a massive change to my life. I’m running for Breast Cancer Care with the ‘Team Highland Spring Water’ and would love it if you could sponsor me.

The Loch Ness Marathon will be my 61st marathon in my 60th year and I am running it for the Stroke Association. In 1992 I suffered a brain haemorrhage. Following balloon embolisation in 1993 I recovered completely. With medical approval I started to run and ran my first marathon in 1996. The most wonderful experience on 10 September this year was running the World Masters Mountainrunning Championships in Keswick in the W60 age group where I came in 10th.

Anyone who would like to sponsor me can contact http://www.justgiving.com/lyneden

I am running the Flora London Marathon 2006 in aid of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF).I have had Juvenile or Type 1 diabetes for the last 3 years meaning daily blood tests and a minimum of 4 insulin injections a day. In terms of running, it complicates matters in that you have to constantly be aware of your blood sugar levels and manage them effectively.JDRF carry out valuable research to attempt to discover the cause of Juvenile diabetes, which is as yet unknown, and ultimately to find a cure.If anybody would be willing to sponsor me, any amount, it would be massively appreciated - please see my webpage:

HI Im running the New York Marathon 2005 in aid of KIDS, its a small charity that aims at enabling disabled children to lead a full life by reaching their full potential. This will probably be my one and only marathon, although I fear the running bug may have bitten. My sponsorship form can be found on http://www.justgiving.com/des4kids

Please see www.justgiving.com/forgrandad if only to laugh at my photo from the charity Doctor's and Nurses party I hosted as part of my fundraising! :o) Many thanks and good luck to everyone else on this thread! x

I've just been accepted for 2006 FLM. It'll be my first. I've done 5 half marathons and it's time to move up. I'll be 40 next June and want to do a marathon before I reach the landmark.

I'm running for NSPCC. I've been an official supporter for over 10 years. I'm using my 40th year to raise funds for a worthy cause. I was at University with a friend who had been abused as a child. I saw the effects that can have on someones life.

In April 2006 next year I will be running the 150 mile Marathon des Sables in Morocco to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Relief, a cause that has greatly affected four members of my close family. To help spread the word we have also cycled from Lands End to John O Groats and back (1800 miles) in 5 and a half days, having been on the road 24 hours a day, and are due to run several other marathons in the near future.

Check out our website at www.justgiving.com/lovell-sahara and pass on the story.

I am running in the FLM to raise money for Scope, the cerebral palsy charity (my son is a sufferer). Any offers of sponsorship would be gratefully welcomed. More details may be found on the following website, www.lifeofriley.biz.

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